Change-speed gearing.



U N .lTEl STATES iwrian'r oiirieiiz.

null B. LANDIB, 0F WAYNESBORO. PENNSYLVANIA.

CHANCEJPEED (BEARING.

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pyllcrittun Mad pitt llflitl. lrrlll No. 3619.849.

Change-mired tjelring, nf which the folvAisorma lowing if: i\ iqieeitiention... l

y tutti] mrentiun eonxists in an improved construction if eliaiige-iipeed gearing wliereby several i reeds muy be i'ieeured with coniparntively ew zeiirwheelii unil onlv thon in y aetnll niiii he in motion iill its will ie herein alter more fully ileiieri veil innl ehiniieiL Referring tn the neeonipiinvm v ilriiwiiig which ure n nido n pitrt hereof nm on whioti millr referenee ehnrmlern i'tiilirnte ximiliir tarts; l" ure I iii n tup or ihiii view i Aof ti'. hun ir supporting the nliiiltii nml the gearing einiing, iiiiid gearing mining iiiiil part of the gearing therein heilig shown in suction nii leen when limiting in the direetioii iudictttd by the arrows troni the tlotteil line 1-1 in Fi 2, Fig. 2 n iiiile elevation of the lltqlt'i n erom metlon on the ilotteil li'ne 8--8 in tig. 5, Fig. 4 un nnil view, nml linz. ti l View on the dotted line l'iin Fi ln nid drawings tlie portions iinir eil .\A

indito the supporting lin'se, iniil the eusin for tlm chai peut gemring. The bese be t appropriate piirt of any machine w iere mich gearing iii to be used, or l ding nnitnble for the purpose and capeillly deligneil therefor to he mounted nml neural wherever needed for the employment ofthemeehnnisni. lt humm npri ht bi'ncket or stand a at one eiiil and a' iity t in o iposite end at th. top of eneli of whieh nre ormeil burin u', n, a 'unil for the sliiilts l nml 2. which are jui'irniileil in anni henriiigii.

'l'hiitl shafts are proviileil willi lielt pulleys :l and 4 respectively hy whieli power inn)I he lpplieil to either slint't from nur von venient sonree. Siiil r--liiift-- nre piiriillel und ireferllily loenteil iii the sniiieplnnennil eiujli ni mliipteil to slitle longitnilinnlly in its reinieetive beiirin m. i'hnl't l i# proriileil with n eollni' n" um slinfl .2 witli n eollnr a7 lorntetl niljneent tu eiirli other nml ,furiiieil with eirutunl't'renlinl innlwes with whieli iiiiti`frietion rollers u* nini u" jonrmilitt on i the opposite projmting einls of n shiit't n",

'which projeetx through n lever A. nre

mln ted to engage. Sniil lever A' is pivotei nt its lower enil un u pivot a' iii ii se l ilrienl rusting nilnpteil' to ini-low the 'enr wheeln. It i mounted on n hrneket l in the forni of n tlisk .wvuretl in the hurle h'i' menus ot' ioltii l' whieh extenil through n thinge in the bottom thereof into snitl tiene.

I h'niit part ll thnii forms the inner enil or heml of will easing Il. It iii formell with nn nniinlnr liinige b whieli extenils iimiihi nl seid purl Il and iii .dit ted to`iinpport niil pnrt nml permit it to ie tnriieil thereon. Suid pnrt ll in secure-il to iiniil piirt Il' h r nieium of n pnwl or 'datent/1 nionnteil'iii n lient-krt on anni Hide of miti purl. ll nml nilnptetl to exteinlvthiongh n perforation in nniil pnrt Il. Suid pnrt ll' linfa opening, in line with the shafts l unil nml of n size' to 'receive the eluteh-pnrts ."i nml ti. Dpiiler or plante ll of the forni niimt elcarl linnn in Fig. 'i, is neeuwil in the using i hy menu of merew-boltn b. kIn the severnl iii'inii of unid' iipiiler nre foriiieil lieiiriiigil forv piller li. Finiti geni' wheehi nre nf ilill'eint ze-i nml iininnteil to iiienh with eneli other. tin the finnt Hille ofeneh of xiitl gent' wheels i It nml l1 is formeil ii.eli|telipi\rt ifi nml iti, remet-tively, linving rnilinl minutieor ribs g on. their l'nees eoreihqxniiling to the grooves I in the ehiteh-pnrti-i ai nml tl on the shiifts l nml :l with whirh they nre nilnptetl to lie von teil li menus of the lever 'A hy wliirli vnii linfts nre moved entlwiiie to engage A-i|iil elntelie.-'. tin-.the opposite siile of sniil spiilei',ll'v nre mounted enr wheels 1T unil lh' o' iliileeeiit size nin of sizes-i tlill'ereiit from 'the 4-iv.e.-' of the wheels lll nml .ll mi shafts lll nml 20. Suhl wheels t7 nml 1S nre jonriinleil in heuriii 'n in the outer eiiil o' .wniii raming ll ns wel mitv in litinriiigz: in the -piiler il. nii shown most elenrly iii-Fig. :2. Siiiil hulls extend through anni piller l nini lniie elnteli-linrls .l .ns :l on their l i inner eiitls formei with tongues orribs on their tnt-eil siniilnr to those nl' the other elnti-h-pnrts unil nhio adapted to eouple to hriicket n seeureii hy a holt a," to the tiene the elnleli-piirtn and t? by the interengegline with eiieii other in benringri in 'miti ltlfi man mounted adjaoant the anda of said ahatta. moana for curing id casing mth demred rotary adlnatmant, aawral ira' ofl ra mounted on ahaf aaid aha a. clutch-parta ou tha adjacent of aaid shafts for coupf therein, a rotary gear caaing, several paura of mounted on short, shafts therein, sai short-shafts, said -several gears being of dilerent aiaes, an meansnfor coupling the anda of the shafts of each pair of gears to aaid main shatta interchangeably, aubatautally as et forth.

8. In a change-spoed aring, the combination, of the main sha ts mounted side by aide in bear-in? snports, a pu ley mounted on each of said aha a, a clutclnpart on the end of each shaft, a oaaing adjacent to the ends o laid dia eontainin a pair 'of gears each par having la clutc -parh said gears and moana for oou lin the clutch-parts of the shafts tn the ut Tarts of the gears, subataantially as et fort i.

a nation, of tho main suita ly su ported, the rotary gt-ur casing mounted a( ,acont dtafta in seta to said ma1n on suitable supports, said i change-aimed ring` the combii shag.

to tho unda of said shnt't, said gear raking having a tranne or .a )hier therein rontaining lam'ing fm' www pairs of ahafta at. the nume diminue upart an the main shafts, laid spider. several puits of gears mounted on i said shafts, and means for con ling,` one or the other of said pairs of gears irect to said main shafts, substantially as net forth.

l0. In a chnngealawl gearing, the mabination, of the haar, the bearings, the main having n. clutchpart on ita inner end, tlu rotary gear rasng adjacent to the ends o said shafts comprising a fixed part mounted ion said bane and n rotux'y pnrt. mounted on said fixed part, a support in mid rotary pnrt I for the shafts-i ofsevvrul puin; of gears, said 'Hevornl pairs of rs mountod on shafts in said support, said shafts, euch Ipuit' of 4nnid i gears being arrun d to couple to said main shafts und format with clutvlv purpose, and the coupling mec anism, unbi stnntinlly as Het forth.

i my hnnd ond seul at Wnyncsimro, Pn., this 13th dny of April, A. D. nineteen hundred Iund seven. Y

ABRAHAM B. LANDS. [tu A(53.] Witnesses:

z Samnaun A. Minnen,

9 (immun il. Dioxin..

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ahnfts mounted in said benriugn, each sha ft rts for the I n witnm whereof, I, have hereunto sot f 

